Job description

Direct Student Mental Health and Counseling Services

• Serve as a primary source of mental health/counseling support during the Student Life Program hours (Sunday: 4 p.m.-12 a.m. and Monday thru Thursday: 2 p.m.-10 p.m.), primarily within the boys’ dorm.
• Conduct comprehensive mental health needs assessments for students.
• Provide direct services to students through clinical intervention strategies (including individual, family, and group treatments) and individualized student planningbased on child and family social work standards, current school data, and The SEED School vision and mission.
• Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programming within the boarding school setting.
• Encourage family engagement and parent involvementin collaboration with staff specialists.
• Collaborate with the Student Support Team (Director of Student Support/Licensed Psychologist, School Psychologists, School Counselors, Social Workers, and Deans of Students), as well as Student Life Managers, and the Directors of Student Life and Academic Programs to determine best practices for clinical intervention, student growth, and academic success.
• Develop and assist with the implementation of effective strategies to support healthy emotional, behavioral, and academic functioning for students within the Student Life Program.
• Assiststudents in developing long-term academic, career, life planning, personal, and interpersonal goals.
• Maintain appropriate clinical documentation regarding clinical assessment and intervention.
• Collaborate within an interdisciplinary academic team to promote student excellence.

Administrative

• Collaborate with the Director of Student Support to develop and maintain a clinical social work internship program in collaboration with local graduate schools of social work and The SEED School Leadership.
• Provide clinical supervision to master’s-level social work interns.
• Operate within the context of the total school environment (college-preparatory boarding education) to provide ongoing consultation and liaison services to Student Life and Academic staff. This includes developing an interdisciplinary system for exploring relevant student background information and the development of appropriate behavior plans and strategies to promote adaptive school-based behavioral and emotional functioning.
• Maintain and disseminate current and appropriate resource materials to education stakeholders.
• Work within an academic interdisciplinary environment with teachers, special educators, parents, Student Life staff, and other specialists and faculty members at The SEED School of Maryland.
• Participate in Student Instructional Team (SIT), Student Support Services Team (SSST), and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) team meetings. This includes but is not limited to conducting appropriate assessments and observations, completing student/parent informational interviews, and developing individualized educational goals and accommodationsfor students.
• Work with the Student Support Team to help determine how to best structure the mental health aspectsof the Student Life Program to best meet the social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs of SEED Maryland students.

Crisis Intervention/Emergency Management

• Provide crisis intervention and management of mental health emergencies for all students during the Student Life Program, as needed.

Professionalism/Professional Development

• Attend staff meetings, professional development, in-service programs, and other school-sponsored events as scheduled by the Student Support Team.
• Maintain licensure requirements.
• Complete regular self-evaluations as part of performance review with the supervisor.
• Participates in ongoing professional development programming for staff.
• Commitment to self-care and social support as a model for students and colleagues.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Student Support.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Counseling: 2 years (Required)

Education:

• Master's (Required)

License:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified (LCSW-C) (Required)
• Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) (Required)